Nesogaster apicalis Hincks, 1951 b: 568, figs 10–11.

Type material

1 ♀, allotype, F 3233.502; 2 ♂♂, paratypes, F 3233.500–501; 1 ♀, paratype, F 3233.503; dried, mounted on card.

Locality labels

F 3233.500: New Hebrides: / Malekula, / Ounua. / Feb. 1929 / Miss L. E. Cheesman. / B. M. 1929 -280. F 3233.501: New Hebrides: / Santo. / viii–ix. 1929 / L. E. Cheesman. / B. M. 1929 -537.

F 3233.502: New Hebrides: / N. E. Malekula / vii- 1929 / L. E. Cheesman. / B. M. 1929 -514. F 3233.503: New Hebrides: / Malekula, / Ounua. / Mar. & Apl. 1929. / Miss L. E. Cheesman. / B. M. 1929 -343.

Taxonomy

Spongiphoridae, Nesogastrinae, Nesogaster aculeatus (de Bormans, 1900) .

Remarks

1. Nesogaster apicalis synonymised with N. aculeatus (de Bormans, 1900) by Steinmann (1989 b: 23). 2. Locality Ounua given as ‘Ounna’ in the original description (possible mistranscription).